Green YMCA members, employees show support
for 89-year-old instructor diagnosed with leukemia

Green YMCA members and staff show support for ailing instructor

Green YMCA volunteer Jill Hershberger walks past the Team Bob t-shirts that are for sale at the front desk of the Y. 89-year-old Bob Fritzsche, affectionately know as Yoga Bob because he has taught an early morning yoga class since it opened, was diagnosed with leukemia during the summer and Y employees and members rallied to help keep his spirits up by donning the shirts. They were also worn by the Y's Akron Marathon team. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)

Betty Hinton of Ellet, (clockwise from bottom) Sue Bleichrodt of Uniontown, Victoria Weakland of Green and Norma Flack of Uniontown wear their Team Bob t-shirts as they work on their range of movement in the silver sneakers class at the Green YMCA. 89-year-old Bob Fritzsche, affectionately know as Yoga Bob, was diagnosed with leukemia during the summer and Y employees and members rallied to help keep his spirits up by donning the shirts. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)

Green YMCA instructor Christine Sayre wears her Team Bob t-shirt while working with area residents on their range of movement in the silver sneakers class at the Green YMCA. 89-year-old Bob Fritzsche, affectionately know as Yoga Bob, was diagnosed with leukemia during the summer and Y employees and members rallied to help keep his spirits up by donning the shirts. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)

Julie Davis talks about the Team Bob t-shirts Green YMCA employees and members are wearing in support of her father, Bob Fritzsche, during an interview at the YMCA. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)